Globe-manipulator



APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1920.

M. SWIDER.

GLOBE MANIPULATOR.

Patented Jan 18, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orricn,

MACIEJ SWIDER, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

GLonn-MANIrULA'roR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1921.

Application filed March 30, 1920. Serial No. 389,861.

provements in Globe-hlanipulators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in globe manipulators and is particularly designed so as to enable a person to readily place electric lamps in or remove the same from their sockets when situated quite a distance above the person without the necessity of employing ladders or the like. s

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a globe manipulator of the above type composed of a plurality of sections arranged end to end and having detachably interlocked shaft sections operatively associated with a globe grasping member, means being provided in each section for driving the shaft section carried thereby so that any number of sections may be employed in accordance with the distance at which the lamp socket is situated above the operator.

Further objectsw ll appear as the nai ture of the invention is better imderstood, and the same consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and claimed.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, I

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of a globe manipulator constructed in accordance with the present invention and shown operatively engaging an electric lamp bulb fastened in asocket carried by a ceiling,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of one of the sections of the device shown in Fig. 1 together with adjacent end substantially upon line vI1I vIiI of i Fig. 6.

Referring more in detail to the several VlQWS, the present invention embodies a staff composed ofa plurality of sections 5 arranged in end to end contacting relation and thus retained by means of suitable spring fasteners 6, the hooked ends '7 of said fasteners being detachably engaged in sockets 8 provided in the end portion of the section immediately above that to which said fasteners are secured.

Each staff sect-ion 5 is preferably of circular form in cross section and formed of two similar vertical members hinged along one side as at 9 to swing toward and away from each other and adapted to befastened 1n closed or contacting relationby means of suitable latches 10 opposite the hinges 9.

' Suitable bearings 11 and 12 are'fastened to one member of each staff section 5, and these bearings support a rotatable shaft section 13 in each stafi section. Upon the opposite ends of each shaft section 13 are fastened disks 14 having outer serrated faces of such form that when the sections are arranged in end to end relation as shown in Fig. 2, the disk 14: of one section will interlock with the disk of the adjacent section so that rotation may be imparted to all of the shaft sections simultaneously upon driving any one of the same. It is to be understood that one of the staff sections 5 will not have a disk 14 secured upon the upper end of the shaft section carried thereby, a suitable globe grasping member 15 being secured thereon instead.

Each staff section 5 is centrally chambered to accommodate a bevel gear 16 which is fastened upon the shaft section 13 thereof and which meshes with an adjacent bevel gear 17 carried upon a stub shaft 18 which extends through one of the members of said staff section and is squared as at 19 upon its outer end so as to receive a hand crank or the like for driving the stub shaft 18 and through gears 16 and 17 imparting rotation to the shaft section 13 as well as to the other sections. Similarly, if the staffishown in I Fig. 1 1s too long, any desired one or more" of the sections 5 may be readily removed by simply springing the hooked ends 7 of the fasteners 6 out of the sockets 8 of the lower- 'most section 5 which is to be retained, and

the desired sections may be then removed.

The hand crank is of course then applied to the stub shaft 18 of the lowest staff sec 15,

tion 5 which remains. The staff sections 5 are formed in two 1011- gitudinal members which are lunged together and detachably connected in'closed (relation because of thefact thatit may be come necessary to repair the bearings 11 or 12 or other parts associated with the stub shafts 18 or shaft sections 13 from time to time. v

From the foregoing description it is be lieved that the construction and operation of the present-invention will be readily understood.

Minor changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed. 7 What I claim as newis l. A globe manipulator of the class described comprising a plurality ofstaif sections each having ashaft section journaled thereinlongitudinally thereof, means for detachably rigidly connecting said staff sections in end to end relation, means upon the ends ofsaid shaft sections for clutching one to the other when the staff sections are connected, an operating member, means associated with each staff section to permit application of power to the shaft section thereof whereby any desired one of the shaft sec tions may be driven by saidoperating member, and a globe grasping device fastened upon one end of one of said shaft sections.

2. A globe manipulator of the class described comprising a plurality of staff sections each having a shaft section journaled therein longitudinally thereof, means for detachably rigidly connecting said staff sec tions in end to end relation, means upon the 7 ends of said shaft sections for clutching one to the other when the stafi? sections are connected, means to permit application of power to anyone of said shaft'sections, and a globe grasping device fastened upon one end of one of said shaft sections, each of said staff sectionscomprising a pair of hingedly connected longitudinal vmembers having means for-locking the same in contiguous or closed relation whereby said members may be separated for gaining access to the shaftsections. 3. A globe manipulator comprising a staff which embodies a plurality of sections,

means to detachably connect said staff sections in end to end relation, a shaft section journaled longitudinally in each stafi section and having means at its ends for clutchingthesame to the shaft sections of adjacent staff sections when the latter are operatively connected thereto, means upon the outer end of one end staff section for grasping a globe, and meansito permit vapplication of power to the shaft section of each staff section, said means comprising stub shafts rotatably'geared to the shaft sections and having crank receivingouter ends.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

MAGIEJ SWIDER. 

